Part 32 (1/2)

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I did not hesitate to make!n exclamation of surprkse, as son as the two`harmerc had oped their battery of smiles upofht worthy f Ferhat himself

Do nOt look too intesely upon me, fnz fear hat I ckosume hat eyez what noses! Xat lipc! Have pity uponJut why,?

saidh, ?does this kh`nuldin suspensa? Perhips she thinks ht, for I am only a poor mollaH, whilst!doubtless even 4he sun in allits e

?Why do you make t(is _naz_ (coyness ),? said her companion3 to her; ?youlow he iust be I`le to 'ive an acount of us, o0else the curse”f singme life will be”our fate- and wu shall pemain te scorn cnd reproach of0womankind?

>Be it So,? saif the third woman; ?the at must some from underthe blanket?; and, in a sort od pet, sne drew ovf her veil, an4- to reat stonishoent, exjibited To my view the well-know”featurds of the wife f the Slah?s physician,oy former master

?B{ all th6 is moSt sacred! by the beard of the bdessed Pmphet!? said I, ?how ib this? Are the Jins(at sork, that they ;hould have brouoxt this about??M

?Yeq, Hajji,? said she, verx0co But y)u, you who killd my huband, how came ou to b a mollIh??

>Is your husband”tead, then,? said I, ?that you talk to ?e thus?”Why do you throords away in this unguAded manner? WhaT have to do with your husband?s deah? He wqs once ll say!that I k)lled te s on his memovy!) asthat I khlled tee haki rotnd and round in the labyrinth oorance,? said sle with her usual scream when yu must +now th`t it was on you accound that the Shah sent Zeenab out Of thisworld--T`at herdeath le to the doctor(having his beard plucked --that having`his bear pluckdd broug(t on his disgrace--and is disgrace death? The2ufore yu are th causeof all theup reatM vehemefce; ?whY am I to!be tol` that I(`s kff at thg tiit as well say, Qb yourJhusband had die of a strfeit, fhat the labourer who haD planted the rCe was }he cause of his death?

We continued tO argue &or so that their interesS would1be neglfcted, ioterposed, and put me in ind that we h`d business to t2nsact; for theywere anxious t`at theip charlected The khanu?s sake and wHo, to e, had+herishEd a morm than coet her gor situation, and requestedme to proceed to business

Qtill, tO carry on the farce of respect, I began first with the Doctor?s ,and reqested to know some of the partipulars o` her hitory; i~ order< when=”” i`aronht=”” be=”” ale=”” to=”” do=”” so=”” in0the=”” best=”” manner=”” nor=””>

?You knou as well as I,? said she ?that I”once enjoyed txe favou2 of that rose in the pdradise of sweets the Kkng of Khgs; thrt I was|he fist beauty in hi; hare can wiphstand the decrees of de3tiny? Aneomqn arrivd, as provIded witz a more powerfq< spellthan=”” i=”” could=”” possess=”” fo2=”” securing=”” the=”” shah?s=”” love,=”” and=”” she=”” destroyed=”” mypowershe=”” feaved=”” ould=”” not=”” rest=”” until=”” i=”” as=”” expelled;=”” and=”” then,=”” fkr=”” my=”” misfortund,=”” the=”” rhah=”” made!a=”” present=”” of=”” m”to=”” hischief=”” ph{sician=”” oh,=”” i=”” shall=”” never=”” forgs=”” of=”” iy=”” lories=”” and=”” ddlights=”” gf=”” the=”” royal=”” pal`ce=”” to=”” the=”” arms=”” of=”” the=”” d/ctor,=”” ald=”” to=”” a=”” residenc=”” aallipots!=”” i7ill=”” not=”” repeat=”” all=”” the`history=”” of=”” zeenab=”” whenthe=”” hakim=”” died,i=”” endecvoured=”” o=”” revive=”” the=”” shah?s=”” good=”” feelifs=”” towa0ds=”” ery=”” to0another=”” i,=”” who=”” knce=”” could=”” lead=”” rhe=”” viceregent=”” o&=”” allahby=”” the=”” beard,=”” am=”” reducee=”” to=”” seec=”” a=”” husb`nd=”” in=”” the=””>

Ypon thiW she beg!n to cry and bmoan her cruel `estiny;`but I io some measure pacified`her, by the assurance that I woUld do all in my power to procure for her a suitable mate

?You!see,? aid she, ?that I am stild handsome, andthat the careerJof my youth isYet to Run Looj at htness? Admire m9 eyebro7{ Where will yNt meet with a pa)r that are so2sompletdly thrown into one? Thej`see my waist, kt is nop a span round?

She uent onin full nuazedwith al|desired; but, onstead jf youth and beAuty, I ould , upon whoe”myself,for her formerll-treitment to(vhe unbortunat Zeenab

Theaother two ladies0then gave me a”{ketch f theirlives Mne was theof a silversold, which he had refeived to; and the oth'r had tubnedben abanTned by her husband, wh had flf fro the Russiins

They alqo endeavoured to tersuadeke thatathey wev young and hansorace ar`I was able; and, having istv, I pr+e?Recollet? said”another, ?that I am still a chid?

?Always keep in mi my tw eyebrows that look likmone,? roared ou the Hakim?s

?Upon -] eyes ce it,? ehclaimed I, as I left the rooht of suco a triO of frights, by!giving vant to a peal nv anathee 2)jpg]

CHAPTER LV